The job of a firefighter requires specific knowledge and skills and high psychophysical fitness at all times. The aim of this work was to determine some motor and functional abilities of professional firefighters from the Split-Dalmatia County. On a sample of 90 professional firefighters with an average chronological age of 28.77±6.14 years, descriptive parameters were calculated and a significant difference was determined in 3 of the 5 variables used using the T test. The obtained results indicate that the best average score was achieved by the respondents in the ski squat test, while the lowest score was achieved in the Cuper test. It is important to emphasize that 9 respondents did not meet the criterion values of the set standards and did not pass the point threshold, which is also a requirement for establishing an employment relationship in the fire service related to the physical abilities of the registered candidates. The limitation of this work is reflected in the small number of variables used and it is necessary to focus future research on determining the largest possible set of measures of anthropometric characteristics, increasing the number of motor and functional tests as well as determining psychological characteristics and intellectual abilities. It would really be necessary to determine the anthropological status of professional firefighters because this activity belongs to the part of applied kinesiology to which they should give greater importance in the future, and it refers to the field of occupational kinesiology.